Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Tareck Zaidan EL AISSAMI MADDAH
Aliases
Tareck EL AISSAMI; Tarek EL AISSAMI
Position
Executive Vice President; Former Governor of Aragua State
DoB
1974-11-12
Address
Venezuela
Reg. ID
C1668015, Passport; 12.354.211, Identification Number
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Venezuelan national Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (El Aissami) as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking....
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/as0005
Date of listing
2017-02-13
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Drugs
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598 (FNKSR), implement the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908), which provides authority for the application of sanctions to significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations operating worldwide.
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